Goal-directed haemodynamic therapy (GDHT) in surgical patients: systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of GDHT on post-operative pulmonary complications

Abstract Background Perioperative goal-directed haemodynamic therapy (GDHT), defined as the administration of fluids with or without inotropes or vasoactive agents against explicit measured goals to augment blood flow, has been evaluated in many randomised controlled trials (RCTs) over the past four...

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Main Authors: Ahilanandan Dushianthan, Martin Knight, Peter Russell, Michael PW Grocott
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:Perioperative Medicine
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13741-020-00161-5